Eleven-year-old boy burned alive by other children envious of his judo career
Police said he was first doused with gasoline and then locked in a shed and set on fire, all by children slightly older than him
An 11-year-old boy is burned alive by other children who were jealous of him
The tragic incident happened in Russia after an 11-year-old boy was burned alive in a shed by other children who, according to sources, were jealous of the little boy who was a judo star in their country.
Police said he was first doused with gasoline and then locked in a shed and set on fire, all by children slightly older than him.
Albert Umbetyarov, as he was called, was the victim of this heinous act in the Dubovaya Roschcha district of Moscow, in a forest.
"They used bats to beat him into near unconsciousness before dousing him with gasoline and locking him in a shed which they set on fire," a witness told authorities.
It was two children aged 6 and 7 who alerted several adults who were in the area.
An adult was the one who found the scene, but nothing he could do.
"At 7 p.m. he called me crying. He told me: 'My friend was burned to death in the shed'," the father of a child recalled.
"I went there I saw the flames. There was no one to rescue at that time."
Several men with shovels tried to break through the flames and save the child, but it was too late.
"He was smart and very peaceful, he wouldn't offend a fly," the boy's judo coach, Alexander Tvanba, said.
"On May 19, 2023, children during a fight locked a boy inside a shed, locked the shed from the outside and nailed the door," explained the head of the committee, Alexander Bastrykin.
"Then a fire started. According to preliminary findings, the fire started inside the shed. The children could not open the door and called for help.
"When help arrived, the child's body was found inside the burnt shed."
